Seattle offensive guard D.J. Fluker didn’t seem too impressed with the Rams’ defense: “They haven’t seen a team that’s played physical. They want to be pass rushers. They haven’t seen a team go out there and actually take it to them every single play.”

There might be some truth to what Fluker is saying but some of it might just be frustration. I think Suh got into his head. Those two seemed to be in each other’s grill after every play.

Zooey wrote:

Kupp was just a head-hitting-the-turf thing.

Cooks hit was marginal, but Cooks lowered his head right before impact, so I’m not sure it was a penalty. Close…but not flagrant, imo.

Thread: In regards to the debate yesterday in #RamsNation over the Cooks hit, here is the rule: https://t.co/XVdkGXmqQp. Note: It says nothing about the ball carrier lowering his head. This is all about the tackler.

— Rams Talk (@TalkRams) October 8, 2018

zn wrote:

Though at this point anyway Peters is not living up to expectations.

Well, he’s living up to the Chiefs’ expectations, which is why they let him go.

I thought it was interesting that Rhonde Barber was not surprised by how badly Peters played. He said that Peters often gets caught looking into the backfield, and get’s burned as often as he big plays. Barber was not a fan.

wv wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Anything beneficial that science creates can be corrupted. You sorta have to keep that ‘potential for corruption’ in mind when developing new technologies. It’s a ‘risk vs reward’ situation.

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Well, my question would be what are the ‘odds’ science will be corrupted when the science is sitting in a corporate-capitalist context.

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Well, the odds are pretty good.

Companies have been caught manipulating data and study results before.

Fortunately there are regulatory bodies monitoring these studies and independent labs verifying the results.

All that takes time and it isn’t foolproof but in most cases it would be hard to get away with the fraud for long.

The bigger issue might be with the lack of government funds going to research, more and more companies are stepping in to fill the void. Companies want a return on their investment. Not saying this is leading to widespread fraud but it’s not an ideal situation.

When things are going poorly, hope is all that you have, so I love it when opposing fans still have hope prior to the game.

Because as the game unfolds I know that hope is draining away.

Then they have nothing.

And I laugh.

Zooey wrote:

And CBS didn’t move them up the rankings, either. They still have the Rams only one notch above the 2nd ranked team which is ridiculous.

It occurs to me that I haven’t seen one of these ranking sites even hint at the fact that the Rams are the greatest team of all time.

It’s like they go out of their way to avoid acknowledging it.

Damn liberal media and their east coast bias.

Seattle skyline, circa 7:30 pm EST, this Sunday…

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zn wrote:

Trubisky, 6 TDs.

So Goff does 5 and now EVERYONE has to do it.

Wow, that really cheapens Goff’s accomplishment, doesn’t it?

Today’s NFL. <shakes head>

I mean, if he can do it then everyone can.

Might as well trade Goff for draft picks and resign Keith Null.

zn wrote:

nittany ram wrote:

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

wv wrote:

of pleasing appearance; handsome.

Thanks wv I feel like I know myself now.

Bragging is unseemly.

Calling someone unseemly is neither seemly nor unseemly. It’s aseemly.

To be fair, btw, so is calling someone aseemly.

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You are displaying classic symptoms of dyseemlia…the inability to identify and use the correct derivation of ‘seemly’ in a sentence.

It’s one of our most prevelant tick-borne illnesses, second only to Lyme disease.

wv wrote:

And btw, i said the same thing in 1999 after four games. I urged caution. And decorum. I warned people not to get too excited, its probly just a mirage, smoke and mirrors.
So, ya know, i have a track record, here.

w
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I couldn’t agree more.

Maintaining decorum will be vital.

And seemliness.

Pray that we do not ignore seemliness in our eagerness to maintain decorum.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Rest of the league was busy shortly after the game changing their shorts . If the Vikes can’t stop you who can? Something about the short week messes with the Defense and the Offense goes nuts . What a fun night ! And the D notched 4 sacks including Donalds first two and JFM with the strip sack to ice the game wow. Goff is playing better than any QB out there right now I watched Mahones and got the feeling this guy has been lucky so far. Goff is a surgeon.

That was the greatest performance by a Rams offense I’ve ever witnessed. I don’t think that even the GSOT ever looked that good – not against a top flight defense anyway.

GSOS – Greatest Show on Surf.

Rams 27, Vikings 19.

Vikings’ o-line is subpar, and in 12 years of Thursday night games no team has ever won or covered the spread when they’ve had to travel two time zones west.

Link: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-4-early-odds-vikings-open-as-big-underdogs-hope-to-end-nfls-odd-thursday-hex/amp/

The bad news for the Vikings is that if the past is any indication, they’re a lock to lose this week, and here’s why: No team flying from the Central time zone to the Pacific time zone for a Thursday game has ever won or covered a game over the past 12 years.

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Something else to keep an eye on… Play-by-play sheet says Andrew Whitworth left the game with an injury late in the fourth quarter. I'm told he came out for precaution, during the kneel-down plays. Joe Noteboom played at the end.

— Rich Hammond (@Rich_Hammond) September 24, 2018

For Rams CB Aqib Talib, it’s an ankle sprain. Source says second opinion coming tomorrow.

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) September 23, 2018